extra sockets
#1
01-03-03, 08:11 AM
extra sockets
Can i add extra outlets by running wire from existing outlets. the wiring in the house has be upgraded to 200 amps. Or should new outlets come from the braker box
#2
01-03-03, 08:43 AM
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it depends whats on those circuits and how many ytou want to add. the only way to be sure would be to run new from the panel. the upgrade in service helps too!!
#3
01-03-03, 08:50 AM
You would have to determine what is being used on the outlets already? What you are going to run on the new outlets? Whether the old outlets have a ground wire persent? If there is enough room in the boxes to add more wire to continue on?
It can be done but many things have to be looked at in many cases its easier to just run a new circuit. That however would depend on how your house is set up and whether it is feasable to run new through the walls or not, if if there is enough spaces left in the panel for new circuits. We would need more information in order to give a good answer.
It can be done but many things have to be looked at in many cases its easier to just run a new circuit. That however would depend on how your house is set up and whether it is feasable to run new through the walls or not, if if there is enough spaces left in the panel for new circuits. We would need more information in order to give a good answer.
#5
01-03-03, 10:39 AM
You can only extend from outlets with grounds you can't extend a circuit if no grounds present. If where you want to have the outlet you can't find grounded outlets to tap off of then you have to start from the panel or at least get a ground wire back to the panel somehow and that is usually more wore then starting from the panel and just running new
